The finale of Peter Capaldi’s final series of Doctor Who has just finished, with only the Christmas episode to go before he hands the reigns over to the next Doctor. As is customary on such occassions, we must now peruse this past season and how it stacks up against the time lords previous escapades.
Warning: Of course there are opinions below. Oh and Spoilers.
Posted in Fantasy & Sci-fi, Things I Like
Happy Canada Day 150 to all the Canadian Machiners out there!
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Back in the early 2000’s, Marvel were looking to cash in on the anime boom that was going on in America at the time after the success of Japanese imports such as Dragonball, Sailor Moon and Pokemon. So, what they decided to do was to take some of their most beloved characters and give them the manga treatment, creating what was basically a manga-Ultimates line. Now, this is a great idea in theory. Take some of the most recognisable characters in western comics and apply eastern manga tropes, for example Iron Man became a giant mecha along the lines of a Gundam or an Eva, whilst Hulk became a kaiju. But, of course, this being Marvel, they can have the best idea in the world and still screw it up. There’s plenty to talk about when it comes to the mangaverse here on What Were They Thinking? (the place where we look at all of the stupidest, most ill-advised things in comic book history). We could talk about the stereotypes, the fact that they took characters and tropes and mashed them together regardless of how well they fit or we could talk about just the general randomness of it all. But instead, let’s take a look at one specific character in this whole thing. A character who came so out of left field that it’s weird even for an alterniverse style story. I am of course talking about the mangaverse version of this guy:
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Ok guys, time for another caption contest, where you have to come with the funniest replacement dialogue for a random comic panel of my choosing. This week you have to replace the dialogue for this panel:
Everyone can have a maximum of 3 entries, entries must be in by next Wednesday (July 5th) and All Entries Must Be PG-13.
Posted in Caption Challenges
First off…a huge thanks to JR for suggesting the RPG series of CDCs. And now…
…Time for the final round! Your CDC is to create an original heroic or villainous “space warrior” (something along the lines of an order of characters from a popular movie series maybe). Your submissions can be either human or alien in origin. These groups use laser swords…yeah…that’s what we’ll call them…which can be found in Items Right: Blades: Page 5.
Rules for posts, contests, and challenges:
Original characters only, no copyrighted characters, no characters based on copyrighted characters.No characters based on Official RPG NPC’s ( Non-Player Characters ). Please keep all submissions PG13. I have the right to delete any post that I believe crosses this line without warning. Only post characters that have been created solely using Hero Machine, and that you know for certain have never been entered in a contest before. If you aren’t certain, don’t enter it, because I’m not going to go back through all of the contests and check.
All entries must be in JPG or PNG form (BMPs are too big), posted to a publicly accessible website (like the HeroMachine :,ImageShack, PhotoBucket, or whatever);
Please make the link go directly to the image (like this) and not to a hosting jump page (like this).
This contest will close on Sunday, July 2nd at 9:00am Eastern
Posted in Challenges, Character Design Challenges
Runner up this week goes to Cliff: amazing pose; great attention to detail; stunning work on the face.
And this week’s win goes to…
Posted in Challenges, Character Design Challenges
It’s summer, even here on What Were They Thinking? (the place where we look at all of the stupidest, most ill-advised things in all of comics history), so I thought we’d take a break from all of the racism, drugs and rape that we usually cover to chill out for a bit and hang out with some superheroes down at the beach, or by the pool, or even on an alien holiday planet. Yup, we’re going back to the 90’s and taking a look at the Marvel Swimsuit Specials (because they made 5 of the damn things).
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Ok guys, last week I asked you all to come up with the best replacement dialogue for this here panel:
And our top 5 are:
CantDraw: 12:30am…I observe a strange fleshy thing coming out one door and going into a dark hole.
Rekulhs Nathe: Jesus Reed! Just go like the rest of us.
Treasure Hunter: Did I forget to change the roll again?
DiCicatriz: Dammit, Susan! If you and Reed are gonna do that in the house, at least make it invisible!
J3loodT4lon: WHO’S PLAYING WITH THEIR GUM AGAIN?!
And the winner is:
Posted in Caption Challenges
Hey everyone I’m back again with a new review. I should have written this one up already, but I wanted to listen through a few more times and really get nice and comfortable with the album and story before I put this up. But now is the time and we’re going to talk about Apex, the new album from Canadian metal act Unleash the Archers. So let’s get right down to it!
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Time for Round 5! Your CDC is to create a member of the Ranger Class. This is the group that features the hunters, the sniper ranger and the bow and blade ranger.
Once again, a brief written description of the world of your RPG is an entry requirement.
Rules for posts, contests, and challenges: Original characters only, no copyrighted characters, no characters based on copyrighted characters, no characters based on RPG’s or other games. The characters must be your own design and not based on any character that might be copyrighted in any way. Please keep all submissions PG13. I have the right to delete any post that I believe crosses this line without warning. Only post characters that have been created solely using Hero Machine, and that you know for certain have never been entered in a contest before. If you aren’t certain, don’t enter it, because I’m not going to go back through all of the contests and check.
All entries must be in JPG or PNG form (BMPs are too big), posted to a publicly accessible website (like the HeroMachine :,ImageShack, PhotoBucket, or whatever);
Please make the link go directly to the image (like this) and not to a hosting jump page (like this).
This contest will close on Sunday, June 25th at 9:00am Eastern.
Posted in Challenges, Character Design Challenges, Uncategorized
Three middle-aged nerds (including yours truly!) review all of the MCU movies in chronological order. Short, funny, and full of good vibes, check it out and let us know what you think!
Nerdmudgeon.com
